DUDE, WHERE'S MY CIVIL WAR?  —  I'M trying.  I've been trying all week.  The other day, I drove another 30 miles or so on the streets and alleys of Baghdad.  I'm looking for the civil war that The New York Times declared.  And I just can't find it.  —  Maybe actually being on the ground in Iraq prevents me from seeing it.

How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator  —  The man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with Britain, France and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic programme.

Pro-Israel Lobbying Group Roiled by Prosecution of Two Ex-Officials  —  WASHINGTON, March 4 — The annual gathering of the nation's top pro-Israel lobbying group, which starts here on Sunday, will be addressed by Vice President Dick Cheney and United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton.

U.S. Gives India Applause, Pakistan a Pat on the Back  —  NEW DELHI, March 4 — President Bush leaves this region having declared India and Pakistan strategic partners.  But his declarations spoke just as loudly of the shifting balance of power in the region, and the world.

Ties between al Qaeda and Hamas in Mideast are long and frequent It shouldn't be any surprise that the two groups share ideology  —  The ideological compatibility of Hamas with other jihadi movements in the Middle East raises the question of whether the new Hamas government that is about to be sworn …

Massive Muslim Protest in Bahrain Against Terrorism  —  "As tragic as the recent events in Iraq are, the silver lining is that it has brought to the fore the sectarian tensions in Bahrain and the need to resolve them before the situation gets out of hand.  I hope that the civil and political societies …

Criminal Inquiry Into Pat Tillman's Death  —  The Inspector General of the Pentagon has asked the armyto open a criminal investigation into Pat Tillman's death in Iraq. … Tillman's mother says: … Why would the military do that?  All one has to do is go back in time to April …

Katrina's Latest Damage  —  Crime is up.  Schools are overcrowded.  Hospitals are jammed.  Houston welcomed a flood of hurricane evacuees with open arms.  But now the city is suffering from a case of 'compassion fatigue.'  —  Erin Trieb / WPN for Newsweek

Democratic Leaders Question Whether Dean's Right on the Money  —  Democratic congressional leaders aren't happy with the way Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is spending money.  At a private meeting last month, they let him know.  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid …

Murtha: The 'Only People Who Want Us in Iraq' are Iran, al Qaeda, and China  —  Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) today on CBS's Face the Nation: … Murtha's concerns are grounded in fact.  The war in Iraq has allowed a historic expansion of Iranian influence westward, created a new haven …

The Book of Bart  —  In the Bestseller 'Misquoting Jesus,' Agnostic Author Bart Ehrman Picks Apart the Gospels That Made a Disbeliever Out of Him  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Where does faith reside?  In the soul?  The mind, the marrow of the bones?  —  In the long hours of the night …

A Fly On The Blog  —  A few dozen House Republican press secretaries gathered on Capitol Hill on Friday to try to make sense of the power of blogs within Washington and what it means for their bosses.  —  Republican bloggers, GOP blog experts and two journalists/bloggers from National Journal …

And This Year's Oscar Goes to Social Issues  —  LOS ANGELES — The awards season in Hollywood is by its very nature a self-congratulatory affair.  But this year, the filmmakers say their serious, somber movies really do matter — not just as entertainment or art, but politically, socially.

Kristol: Conservatives Believe The Bush Administration Is Incompetent  —  Today on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol said that conservatives have come to believe the Bush administration is incompetent: … Kristol is right, and it's a dynamic that makes policy debates almost irrelevant.